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JerryKook t1_izjhe1s wrote

Reply to comment by Rich_Depth7314 in Tips for getting into snow-shoeing? by Dr_JackMeoff

I think u/numetalbeatsjazz is talking about the skin track that skiers make while skinning up the mountain. The first skier makes the track. The other skiers will stay in that track because it is the easiest way up. People walking in a ski track (postholers), snowshoers, dogs... ruin a skin track.

Same thing applies on cross country ski tracks.

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Rich_Depth7314 t1_izk1sg2 wrote

For sure. I didn't mean to imply snowshoers shouldn't ruin tracks. I would just suggest that, in my experience, the best snowshoeing tends to be on trails that aren't mixed use like that, for a variety of reasons.

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